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V-Chain Solutions Accelerates Development of Technology that Pinpoint Disruptive Supply Chain Operations

AUSTIN, Texas – September 9, 2011 – V-Chain Solutions, Inc. has teamed up with the Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) and the University of Texas Artificial Intelligence Department to accelerate development of a revolutionary technology called Swift Response that enables companies to automatically pinpoint problem areas or potential events within their supply chain that could disrupt operations. V-Chain is leveraging the renowned Artificial Intelligence talent pool at the University of Texas. The Austin office is the fourth V-Chain location, with additional offices in San Francisco, Atlanta, and Dallas.

Swift Response gathers and shares information across the entire supply chain horizon from customer to trading partners. It reveals problems deep within the supply chain that could potentially disrupt business operations or worst cause a loss of consumer confidence.  The technology blends with other existing business systems and is non-disruptive to the company’s operation.  Swift Response is ideal for companies that use two or more enterprise software solutions to drive their operations.

“We are excited about the opportunity to work with the ATI and the University of Texas. I have made Austin my new home and I look forward to bringing more tech jobs to the Austin Community,” said James Vinson, president and founder of V-Chain.

V-Chain is currently offering demos and pilots of Swift Response to early adopters. James Vinson will be speaking at the Sales and Operations Planning Conference in Boston September 15^th and 16^th (http://www.theiegroup.com/SOP_Boston/Overview.html), and the Demand Planning Conference in San Francisco at the 3:30pm session on September 19^th (http://www.altamont-group.com/event_brochure/BusinessForecasting2011.pdf).

About V-Chain Solutions, Inc.

V-Chain Solutions is dedicated to increasing business value by aligning people, processes, and technologies. V-Chain places value on integrity, innovation and accountability to customers, partners and shareholders. We provide the means to assess and manage improvement projects that deliver a significant return on investment to our clients. V-Chain’s vision is to create a Supply Demand Visibility Network in which companies are guaranteed efficiency.  Visit www.vchainsolutions.com for more information.

For customers interested in learning more about V-Chain products:
Customer Center: 888-990-4446, sales@vchainsolutions.com

About the Austin Technology Incubator

The Austin Technology Incubator is a not-for-profit unit of the IC2 Institute of The University of Texas at Austin that harnesses business, government and academic resources to provide strategic counsel, operational guidance and infrastructure support to its member companies to help them transition from early stage ventures to successful technology businesses. Since its founding in 1989, ATI has worked with over 200 companies, helping raise close to $750 million in investor capital. For more information, visit www.ati.utexas.edu.

V-Chain Solutions Develops Swift Response to Pinpoint Disruptive Supply Chain Operations

Austin, Texas (PRWEB) September 12, 2011

The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), a not-for-profit unit of The University of Texas at Austin, has selected V-Chain Solutions, an emerging enterprise technology provider of Supply Chain Execution & Analytics solutions, for its Landing Pad Program. V-Chain will be working with the University of Texas at Austin Artificial Intelligence department to roll out a revolutionary technology called Swift Response, which enables companies to automatically pinpoint the root problem areas within the supply chain operation before they become disruptions to the business.

ATI’s Landing Pad Program supports early stage technology companies by leveraging ATI’s network and community insight to accelerate a company’s acculturation into Austin’s ecosystem. V-Chain Solutions is a Supply Chain Execution & Analytics Technology provider who enables companies to run more efficiently and respond faster to changing conditions in the marketplace. Its new corporate headquarters in Austin is the fourth V-Chain location, with additional offices in San Francisco, Atlanta and Dallas. Austin’s leading tech environment and rich entrepreneurial community first led V-Chain Solutions to the flourishing Central Texas area, as well as the opportunity to work with ATI and UT Austin’s Artificial Intelligence department.

“We are excited about the opportunity to work with ATI and the University of Texas at Austin. I have made Austin my new home and I look forward to bringing more tech jobs to the Austin community,” said James Vinson, President of V-Chain Solutions.

Swift Response consolidates the transactional activities from multiple supply chain systems, enabling companies to have a single environment where they plan, execute, analyze and communicate across their entire supply chain, while increasing productivity by 200%. The technology blends with existing supply chain systems and is non-disruptive to the operation. Swift Response analyzes every supply chain transaction, which drives real time compliance.

The Swift Response technology has received numerous awards in its early stages: the 2010 Concept to Reality Award, the 2011 Georgia Bowl Business Plan Competition, and the 2011 Global Venture Labs Outstanding Market Award.

V-Chain is currently seeking development partners and early stage adopters to pilot the Swift Response solution. The Swift Response Technology is available to medium to large enterprises that use two or more transactional-based systems to drive their supply chain operations.

“We are thrilled to welcome V-Chain Solutions to ATI as a new Landing Pad company. We look forward to helping them grow their business and providing them with networking opportunities with local tech entrepreneurs, venture capital investors, UT Austin researchers, and potential customers,” said ATI IT Portfolio Director Robert Reeves.

James Vinson will be speaking at the Sales and Operations Planning Conference in Boston September 15th and 16th (http://www.theiegroup.com/SOP_Boston/Overview.html) and the Demand Planning Conference in San Francisco at the 3:30pm session on September 19th (http://www.altamont-group.com/event_brochure/BusinessForecasting2011.pdf).

About the Austin Technology Incubator
The Austin Technology Incubator is a not-for-profit unit of The University of Texas at Austin that harnesses business, government and academic resources to provide strategic counsel, operational guidance and infrastructure support to its member companies to help them transition from early stage ventures to successful technology businesses. Since its founding in 1989, ATI has worked with over 200 companies, helping raise close to $750 million in investor capital. ATI is a key program of the IC2 Institute at UT Austin. For more information, visit http://www.ati.utexas.edu.

About V-Chain Solutions, Inc.
V-Chain Solutions is dedicated to increasing business value by aligning people, process, and technologies. V-Chain places value on integrity, innovation and accountability to customers, partners and shareholders. We provide the means to assess and manage improvement projects that deliver a significant return on investment to our clients. V-Chain’s vision is to create a Supply Chain Visibility Network in which companies are guaranteed efficiency through the use of visualization, collaboration and system consolidation. Visit http://www.vchainsolutions.com for more information.

SAN FRANCISCO, California – February 12, 2011 – V-Chain Solutions, Inc. was selected as the winner of the 2011 Georgia Bowl® Business Plan Competition, an annual competition among aspiring entrepreneurs and business leaders from leading colleges in the Southeast. The prestigious Georgia Bowl® is the oldest Regional Business Plan Competition in the United States, founded by Terry College management professor Charles Hofer in 1991.

A panel of judges selected from Georgia’s business and financial communities chose V-Chain as the winner after considering the likelihood of successful short-term startup, the long-term profit and market potential, the ability of the management team to successfully implement their proposed plans, the returns provided to their investors for the risks incurred, and the quality of each team’s presentation overview.

V-Chain, representing Kennesaw State University, beat out competitors representing University of Florida, University of Louisville, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Southern, University of Manitoba, and Johns Hopkins University. This is V-Chain’s second consecutive business plan competition win after gaining top honors from Kennesaw State University’s 2010 Concept-2-Reality Competition in December 2010.

“We are extremely proud of winning the Georgia Bowl Business Plan Competition, especially given the very impressive field of competitors,” stated James Vinson, President of VChain. “Being chosen by a panel of judges made up of leaders of industry in the Southeast gives us further validation that our business concept is robust and can solve a current unmet need in supply chain.”

VChain’s win provides automatic entry to both The 2011 Global Challenge of Moot Corp®, held at the University of Texas in May 2011, and “Venture Labs®”, dubbed the “Super Bowl” of all business plan competitions. These collegiate events provide various awards in the form of cash prizes and equity investments that could reach millions.

About Georgia Bowl® Business Plan Competition

The Georgia Bowl® was founded in 1991 by Dr. Charles W. Hofer, Regents Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship, at Kennesaw State University. Founding co-sponsors were BDO Seidman, a leading accounting and consulting firm specializing in services to entrepreneurial organizations, and the Business and Technology Alliance, a non-profit organization of Georgians interested in technology development in the State of Georgia.

About V-Chain Solutions, Inc.

V-Chain Solutions is dedicated to increasing business value by aligning people, process, and technologies. We analyze the daily, weekly, and monthly transactional activities that enable companies to respond faster to changing conditions in the market place while providing early warning to potential issues that can cause supply chain disruption. V-Chain’s vision is to create a Supply Chain Visibility Network in which companies are guaranteed efficiency through the use of visualization, collaboration and process standardization.

For customers interested in learning more about V-Chain products: Customer Center: 415-655-6810, or info@vchainsolutions.com.

Miscommunications Caused by Scattered Information

Miscommunication is the leading cause of supply chain glitches. The traditional approach to supply chain management fuels the problem of miscommunication by creating scattered clusters of inaccessible, unshared information (“information silos”).

Studies from Forrester Research, Ventana Research, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and V-Chain Solutions revealed that this problem exists in medium sized to large enterprises with 5 or more applications that drive their business.

This white paper explores the impact of supply chain miscommunications, and discusses a pragmatic path towards eliminating supply chain disruptions with supply chain visibility—a single version of the truth that combines data silos to provide insight previously.